Hand disinfection: How irritant are alcohols?

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 70, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages 44-48

  Löffler, Harald ^a,b   Kampf, Günter ^c,d  

^a SLK Kliniken Heilbronn GmbH   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c Bode Chemie GmbH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alcohol based hand rubs; Detergents; Primary prevention; Skin irritation

Indexed keywords

2 PROPANOL; ALCOHOL; DETERGENT; PROPANOL; SOAP; WATER;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISINFECTION; HAND WASHING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; IRRITANT DERMATITIS; NURSE TRAINING; OCCUPATIONAL SKIN DISEASE; PATCH TEST; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK FACTOR; SKIN ALLERGY; SKIN BURNING SENSATION; SKIN IRRITATION; SKIN PERMEABILITY; SKIN WATER LOSS;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DERMATITIS; DETERGENTS; ETHANOL; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; PROPANOLS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 55249101488     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(08)60010-9     Document Type: Article

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